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QBORQE W. YORK, Editor. 



CHICAGO, ILL, MAY 26, 1904. 



Vol, XLIV— No, 21. 



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Editorial Comments 





A Plunger in Bee-Keeping. 



Henry E. Horn reports in the American Bee-keeper that a Cali- 

 fornia millionaire has been buying up apiaries wholesale in Southern 

 California for the last six months, and now owns 12,000 colonies, 

 scattered over six counties. Mr. Horn grimly observes, " He will 

 probably not borrow any trouble from anybody for some time to 

 come." 



Drones in WoFker-Cells. 



The fact that one or more drones have been found reared in 

 worker-cells by queenless bees to which eggs in worker-cells had been 

 given, has been adduced as proof that the workers decide the sex, and 

 can produce at will from the same egg either a worker, queen, or 

 drone. But every observing bee-keeper of experience must have 

 noticed in a comb of sealed worker-brood an occasional cell with 

 raised capping, showing that it contains a drone, and this, too, at a 

 time when drones are not desired. Especially is this the case with a 

 queen growing old, the numbers of such cells increasing with the age 

 of the queen until she becomes a drone-layer pure and simple. 



Honey-Thief Caught, Convicted, and Sentenced. 



We have received the following from Mr. F. D. Lowe, of Kern 

 Co., Calf., which is self-explanatory : 



Editor Americin Bee Journal:— 



A duplicate of the clipping herewith inclosed and the following 

 letter have been mailed to Gleanings for publication, and I trust that 

 it may be a lesson to all would-be honey-thieves. 



Yours truly, F. D. Lowe. 



■ The letter referred to reads as follows : 



Editor Gleanings : — The clipping herewith inclosed gives the 

 full result of the trial of a honey-thief wh^ch I am pleased to send yuu 

 as per your retiuest. 



I also desire to state to the Board of Directors of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association— of which I am a member, and to whom I 

 applied for assistance in the prosecution of this case, and the same 

 being refused — I challenge the records of the said Association to refir 

 to just one case of thieving that was more deserving of prosecuiiun 

 thin the case of burglary by B. F. Hoy, who stands convicted. A miiu 

 who has terrorized this community for years; a man who was feared, 

 and that dared not be prosecuted by his victims, has at last met the 

 ends of justice at my own personal expense. 



He was sentenced by .Judge Bennett. May 7, to 10 years in FoIfuui 

 Penitentiary. Yours respectfully, 



F. D. Lowe. 



We give herewith a few of the paragraphs of the clipping m.n 

 tioned in the above, which appeared in the Daily Californian, dat^; 1 

 May 5, 1904 : 



HOT IS CONVICTED — WESLEY PLEADS GUILTY. 



Before Judge Bennett this afternoon Leonard G. Wesley, nephiv 

 of B. F. Hoy, who was yesterday convicted of burglary, plead guil: 

 to burglary, and was sentenced to serve one year in San Qjl-iu 

 prison. There was an affectiii;,' scene in the court room when 

 young man, 23 years old, led astray by his relative, appeared before ■ 

 bar of justice to receive the sentence of the law. His faithful yoi.n : 



wife and his baby were by his side, the child nestling in her father's 

 arms and the young wife sobbing by his side. District attorney Laird 

 and Special Counsel Charles N. Sears joined with the prisoner's coun- 

 sel in asking the court to show leniency to him. 



Wesley was the companion of Hoy in his raid on the farmers of 

 Rosedale, that ended in the elder's conviction yesterday. He came 

 here some two years ago, and through his relationship to Hoy fell un- 

 der his influence. 



F. D. Lowe, the complaining witness, was called to the stand, and 

 told the story of the crime in a few words, and Judge Bennett an- 

 nounced that he would consider the crime as burglary in the second 



While the attorneys were speaking Wesley broke down, and 

 bur.ving his face in his hands, sobbed. His baby toddled to his side 

 and clung to him, as though even to her mind there was something 

 wrong. 



Judge Bennett then ordered the prisener to stand up. He did so, 

 and the court asked him it he would promise to amend his lite and do 

 right for the future, and he replied that he would. The sentence of 

 one year, the lowest penalty allowed by the law, was imposed, and he 

 was led awaj- to jail while court adjourned. 



The conviction of Hoy is regarded as a victory for the law and its 

 supremacy. He has been accused of misdeeds several times before, 

 but never convicted of anj' crime. When he was arrested with the 

 property stolen from Mr. Lowe on his ranch, prompt action was taken 

 by the robbed man. He personally pursued the marauders into the 

 mountains, and with Deputy Sheriff Johnston he tracked them to 

 their ranch, recovered the goods, and gathered evidence to convict 

 them of the crime. He also employed special counsel for the people at 

 his own expense, and must have spent much more than the value of 

 the stolen property. 



We think Mr. Lowe is to be congratulated on the outcome of his 

 effort to put an end to honey-thieving in his locality. Of course, we 

 do not know on what ground the Board of Directors of the National 

 Association declined to aid Mr. Lowe, but we suppose they had a 

 good reason for refusing. 



Radium for Foul Brood. 



Radium has proved itself efBeient in the destruction of various 

 microbes, and D. M. M., in the British Bee Journal, expresses the hope 

 that as time moves on, improvements may be made and the material 

 so cheapened that radium may come to the aid of the bee-keeper in 

 his struggle with foul brood. 



Phaeelia Tanacetifolla. 



As the result of a large number of observations collected, the 

 Praktischer Wegweiser reports that the overwhelming evidence shows 

 phaeelia to be a honey-plant of the highest value, but views conflict as 

 to its value for forage. 



"Who is MPS. Berthe?" Answered. 



We have received the following reply to our question as to who 

 Mrs. Berthe is, who has been appointed superintendent of the api- 

 arian department of the St. Louis E.vposition. Our good friend, Mr. 

 H. G. Acklin, of Ramsey Co., Minn., writes thus: 



Editor American Bee Journal: — 



"Who is Mrs. Berthe;" was the firstthing my eyes caught on 

 opening the American Bee Journal of .May 5. 



Friend York, I have for several years been at you to visit the bee- 

 keepers of Minnesota, and should yo'i do so, it will be your pleasure 

 to meet some of the nicest people ii. the world, and Mrs. Fannie N. 

 Berthe is one of them. For several yars we have had the pleasure of 

 her acquaintance, and she is a lady worthy of the position she now 

 holds. She is a practical bee-keeper, and has always taken an active 



